Where was I?

I'm a very forgetful person. Can't remember a thing. Not even my own phone number!

Some time ago, one unkal  (it's 'uncle' but that uncle has been living in north India for so long and he insists that it is 'unkal'; unlike my other uncles who are 'unkuls' heh heh!) So one day this unkal asks me my favourite author/books. Someone told him, it seems, that I "waste" my time reading. I did not have a proper answer. I really couldn't decide what my favourite book or author was! God, it was embarrassing! I mean I cannot tell Harry Potter! It sounded so childish. I did not want to lose face either. So I said I'm more of a bibliophile! I just wanted to say something smart and mature, you see! And it worked too! That unkal quickly changed the topic!! :D:D Guess I'm not the only childish person 'round here!

All the same, I do have to be organised. And I do need to have some good answers ready for some of the routine, crappy questions people ask. 

So here are my most recent reads ––

1. Gathering Lights, Jennifer Donnelly:  This is so so so good. To me at least. One of the inspiring books I have read. I could completely sort of connect with the story. (Does that sound weird??)
   
   
   This is one of those Reader's Digest Four in one books. Second hand copy. As good as new though!
   
   
2. Shopaholic series ( 1 to 4), Sophie Kinsella: Absolutely LOVE these books! They are so funny. Page turners definitely. Awesome chick lits! Embarrassingly and endearingly familiar scenes!
   
   ebook!!
   
   
   
3. Chronicles of Narnia (1, 2 and 3), C.S. Lewis: Bad timing for me to start these. I was reading LOTR and HP that and sadly, these books got eclipsed! But these are pretty good. Little less descriptive, at times more descriptive for my liking. 3 on 5 I'd rate them. But I was kind of reluctant to start and continue the fourth in the series. I was also disappointed to find that the kids are different in each book. Anyway!
   
   ebook!!   But I so badly want to find an illustrated version of this!! And also the Lemony Snicket books. Looks like I should find a someone in US to buy these!! I can't find them anywhere here.. :(
   
   
4. Naked Face, Sidney Sheldon: Er... The yoozh! Was good. Good thriller. No where boring.
   
   Library book.
   
   
5. Mittoorodi Kathalu, Namini Subrahmanyam Naidu: Hillllarious! Written in nellore language :D. Heavily slanged and and awfully honest and super funny stories! Interestingly, the few to whom I recommended this book got so offended by the language! Mind you, these people don't get all that offended at all listening to Eminem or something!! All the swear words written in mother tongue aren't that cool I suppose eh?!
   
   My dad's. Somebody gifted it to him.
   
   
6. The Witches, Roald Dahl: I can never find a bad thing to say about a Roald Dahl's!! Enjoyed reading every tiny bit of it! It's like eating CadM!! :D
   
   ebook!!
   
   
7. Harry Potter (!): So ashamed of myself! This time it was Audio books! There were 200 something mp3 files, each around 40 mins long!! I don't want to think of how much time I wasted!! ((((But it was good))))
   
   torrent download!
   
   
8. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens: Heart warming!! This is so much like that movie  It's a Wonderful Life. In my head, they were all the same actors! :)
   
   ebook!! A legal copy of ebook I must mention!! The copyrights have expired so it is avaible in Google Books; the full copy. I want an illustrated version of this one. The one illustrated by Brett Helquist. Can't find it here. Maybe  should try Amazon... :-S
   
   
9. Alice in the Wonderland, Lewis Carroll: I'm glad I read this! We had a part of this (that Mad tea party I think) as our English lesson in school. I did not like it then. After reading the full story however, I had to change my mind. Cute story :)
   
   Awesome find this one!! This is a fully illustrated collection of four stories! Hard bound, colour pictures, glossy paper and everything! I was so happy that day when I bought this, I was grinning all day! Seriously, my absolute favourite shopping is book shopping!! :D:D
   
   
10. Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie: Neverland! Bloody brilliant!! I would read this again just to keep pondering over that idea of Neverland!
    
    It's one of the four in that book above. But I have to mention it as a separate book, duh!

And here are the ones I'm currently reading. They are mostly short stories though –

1. Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien: Second read but it is taking forever!!
   
   It is that big red colour book you find everywhere!!
   
   
2. Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair, C.S. Lewis: Don't even remember what page I stopped at. I guess I'll have to start from the beginning. Sigh!
   
   ebook!!
   
   
3. Grimms Fairy Tales, The Brothers Grimm: These are my everyday perk-ups! :) Some stories more than the others. 
   
   Bought a second hand copy of this; all yellowed pages. There is a name on the first page in some kid's scrawl... It's so cute! :D
   
   
4. Fairy Tales, Hans Anderson: Very, very good bedtime stories! 
   
   I love the cover art of this book. You'll find this in the Penguin classics section in any good bookstore. Got mine there, obv!
   
   
5. Wicked Stories/ Heartwarming Stories, Various Authors: Edited by Ruskin Bond. Saw the name Ruskin Bond and bought it straight away! Good stories too.
   
   
6. Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger: I'm not able to make time for this one somehow. Maybe I have this feeling that this is going to be one of the "serious reads"! I did not understand the title; had to google it!
   
   I overpaid for this one. Stupid airports. :(
   
   
7. The Jungle Books, Rudyard Kipling: I cannot define the genre or the age group of this one. It sounds and seems like below 13, but it is kinda serious for preteens. I've read so many version of the Jungle Book  but I just wanted to read the original one. Happy I did :). The other stories are good too!
   
   I got this one from one of those sellers who go to schools and take orders.. Long story leave it.
   
   
8. Shopahlic and the Baby, Sophie Kinsella: Love it! Can't wait to finish it!
   
   ebook!!
   
   
9. Amaravathi Kathalu, Satyam Sankaramanchi: Good short stories; good plots and messages. Very arty narrations; I should say typical narrative rather. Telugu short stories seem to follow this kind of narrative. Don't know who started it. Maybe I should concentrate a bit more on telugu literature. I cannot tell apart the some of the writings of Mullapudi from Satyam's; and some other contemporaries. They all seem the same to me. The style and language I mean.
   
   Vishalandhra book house :D
   
   
10. Namini Iskoolu Pustakam, Namini Subrahmanyam Naidu: After Mittoorodi... I'm a little disappointed. These stories are too....real. Hm... I'm hoping I'd change my mind after completing this.
    
    Vishalandhra again!

Phew! No wonder my memory sucks. I always do this.. Bite more than I can chew. And then complain about it. Anyway.... Good thing I'm making lists. 
Anyway, I'm a bit more organised now than I was before starting this post! :D